Mine detail: Tonto Mine

Previously called 'BusterTonto Page'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.45769, -114.70453

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	SEAMS

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated rock:	Challis Volcanics-Andesitic Tuff
Associated type:	Tuff

References

MRDS	W014266
MAS	160370258
DEP	10071063
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A.L., 1949, Silver-Gold Deposits Of The Yankee Fork District: Custer County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 83, 37 P}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 480, P. 220.}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1949, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 83, P. 30.}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), McHugh, Edward L.